THE United Nations has called on stakeholders to ensure that communities are at the centre of HIV/Aids response initiatives as a way of coming up with relevant strategies to fight the disease. Speaking yesterday at a candlelight memorial to honour those who succumbed to Aids, the United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAids) acting country director…
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has decried the state of the Beitbridge Border Post following his visit to the problematic border that connects South Africa with its neighbour, Zimbabwe, on Monday. He described it as dysfunctional, adding that the country’s’ law enforcement and border management personnel were working under trying conditions. “The dysfunctional state of the…
CIVIL servants said yesterday that salaries denominated in US dollars are the only viable option due to the erosion of their earnings caused by price increases and the Zimbabwe dollar’s rapid decline on the black market. This comes as Zimbabweans look set to endure another difficult festive season, as the prices of basic goods continue…
By Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw DISABILITY Reform Coalition bemoaned lack of inclusivity in ensuring that children living with disabilities get access to education amid revelations that only 10 percent of them go to school. Speaking during an interview with the Daily News yesterday, the chairperson of the Disability Reform Coalition, Masimba Kuchera, highlighted a number of…
TWO young people are still missing after they were apparently swept away by a strong water current in the Klip River, leading…
AS the country grapples with widespread drug and substance abuse, Crystal meth, popularly known as Mutoriro has emerged as the substance most…
BY BEAVEN DHLIWAYOGroup Features Editor IN ZIMBABWE where aquatic foods are highly consumed, the rapidly growing aquaculture sector has the potential to…
ABOUT a month ago, social media was awash with the story of a 32-year-old Zvishavane man who was on a rehydration drip at the Zvishavane District Hospital after spending a whole night being raped by two women. According to Midlands provincial police spokesperson Emmanuel Mahoko, the victim had got into a lift at a hiking…
POLICE have decentralised operations of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) drugs and narcotics section as it steps up efforts to curb the…
THE Health ministry and the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) will today begin to conduct the 2023 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey (ZDHS) in a bid to improve well-being in the country. Zimstat public relations manager Mercy Chidemo yesterday in Harare said data collection for the 2023 ZDHS would start today and run for five-and-a-half…
